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Simon Fraser University's Vancouver campus transformed the landscape of urban education in downtown Vancouver. Today, the campus comprises eight facilities covering over half a million square feet, clustered in the core of one of the world's most liveable cities. Our vision? To be a hub where life-long learning, community engagement, arts and culture, innovation, and entrepreneurship intersect and thrive to provide solutions to local, regional, national, and global matters. The Mission of Simon Fraser University is to be the leading engaged university, defined by its dynamic integration of innovative education, cutting-edge research, and far-reaching community engagement. Reflecting that mission and contextualizing it within its downtown setting, SFU Vancouver's mission is to enhance its status as a dynamic, engaged, and accessible urban university campus. SFU's Vancouver campus plays a crucial role in the intellectual, civic, cultural, economic, and social development of the city's urban core. The Vancouver campus is the university's locus of engagement with the downtown community through impactful research, innovative programs for undergrads, grads and working professionals, hundreds of public seminars and performances, and multiple forms of deep community engagement. There is growing recognition that universities play an indispensable role in improving society through innovation, knowledge mobility, cutting-edge research, and deep and meaningful community engagement. SFU's Vancouver campus is ideally positioned to enhance the university's vital role through: Forging new partnerships that draw upon the university's intellectual resources to solve real-world problems Further, develop internal working groups to increase SFU's community impact Explore ways to help more students stay engaged and graduate earlier Use the Vancouver location as the hub for global engagement across the faculties Attract more clients to use our facilities for conferences and seminars Build students' capacity to be innovative, critical and imaginative thinkers Demonstrate the social, economic, cultural and technological value-added by SFU's programs, faculty, and students Maintaining and strengthening SFU's position as an urban university Serving the broader community will rest on how well the following factors are addressed: Building stronger ties with our external partners Implementing an extended range plan for space utilization and expansion Facilitating closer working relationships between faculty, programs, and locations Upgrading classrooms, technology, washrooms and common areas to contemporary standards Demonstrating how SFU Vancouver's research, innovation and community engagement activities have multiple and sustainable social, economic, health, cultural and civic benefits Securing appropriate space for growing programs View full university

In the place where innovative education, cutting-edge research, and community outreach intersect, you'll find Simon Fraser University. Our vision? To be Canada's leading engaged university. Born in 1965, SFU has become Canada's leading comprehensive university with vibrant campuses in British Columbia's largest municipalities — Vancouver, Burnaby, and Surrey — and deep roots in partner communities throughout the province and around the world. To be the leading engaged university defined by its dynamic integration of innovative education, cutting-edge research, and far-reaching community engagement—this is the strategic vision that will guide Simon Fraser University's actions and innovations in the years to come. Thousands of students, staff, and faculty—and many thousands more alumni, friends and supporters—joined 2010-11 envision>SFU consultation process to identify the core strengths on which the university might build its future. What emerged was a vision of SFU as the engaged university committed to engaging students, research, and communities. Now it is our opportunity—and our challenge—to turn this vision into a new and functioning reality. At SFU, students are not "end-users" trained and delivered, but partners in learning, discovery, and community engagement. In addition to critical thinking and research skills, we help them gain practical experience, social aptitudes, and collective understanding not only to be job-ready but also to be life-ready. Our new vision commits SFU to become a world leader in knowledge mobilization. It is renowned for its capacity to disseminate knowledge and to harness new ideas and innovations for the benefit of society. That commitment rests on a solid foundation of and continuing commitment to fundamental research. Located in Canada on British Columbia's west coast and named for an early explorer, Simon Fraser University opened on September 9, 1965, with 2,500 students. Noted Canadian architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey designed the original Burnaby Mountain campus to foster interdisciplinary contact between students and researchers. That same openness and desire to innovate informs SFU's current vision: to be Canada's most community-engaged research university. Now boasting three distinctive campuses, 30,000 students, 6,500 faculty and staff, and 130,000 alumni, SFU has matured into one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. Consistently ranked among Canada's top comprehensive universities and named to the Times Higher Education list of 100 world universities under 50, SFU is also the first Canadian member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the world's largest college sports association. View full university

At Simon Marks Jewish Primary School we are committed to ensuring that every pupil leaves our school with high aspirations, an enduring enthusiasm for learning, and the confidence to address the world on their terms. We are committed to the concept of lifelong learning by identifying opportunities for professional development, Jewish family education, and community learning of a high standard. Central to our success is the significance we attach to the relationships between the school, the parent body, and the local community. Simon Marks Jewish Primary School is a one-form entry, inclusive, modern orthodox Jewish school which nurtures strong ties with Israel. We welcome children from across the spectrum of Jewish practice and also from local families who are sympathetic to and respect the school’s Jewish and inclusive ethos. The school will admit 30 children to the reception class, including children for whom the school has been named in an Education, Health, and Care Plan. In the case of oversubscription, the school will give priority to those who meet a religious practice test based on guidelines from the Chief Rabbi. Those applicants wishing to be considered as priority applicants for available places will need to obtain a Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP) based on criteria such as the family’s synagogue attendance, prior commitment to Jewish education, and voluntary work within the community. All unsuccessful applicants will be placed on a waiting list and children will be ranked on the list by the admission criteria above. The waiting list will be maintained throughout the school year. Ranking on the waiting list is strictly based on the admissions criteria listed above. Priority will not be given to children based on the date of their application. Parents should make a formal application to the local authority by completing the In-Year application form. The Supplementary Information Form and Certificate of Religious Practice should be returned to the school. Applications will be considered in conformity with the oversubscription criteria and without delay. If a waiting list exists for the age-appropriate class a CRP will be required and the applicant will be added to the list. If there is a vacancy a CRP might not be required. I f a place in a Reception class is offered before a child is of compulsory school age, parents can request that their child’s entry be deferred until later in the same school year. This means that the place is held for the child and is not available to be offered to another child. Parents would not, however, be able to defer entry beyond the beginning of the term after the child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year for which the original application was accepted. The school is committed to taking its fair share of children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, as set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, outside the normal admissions round the governing body is empowered to give absolute priority to a child where admission is requested under a local protocol that has been agreed for the current school year. The governing body has this power even when admitting the child would mean exceeding the published admission number (PAN). Simon Marks is a school where children learn to achieve through working with and helping others to respect the diversity of the community in which they live and learn to contribute to Jewish continuity and the wider society. We teach key skills and knowledge that lead to understanding and develop the confidence to succeed. We are committed to providing a caring, happy, welcoming environment that meets the needs of each child and ensures that all children have equal access to a broad and balanced curriculum including interaction with, and appreciation of, the arts. Our learning community is facilitated by a leadership structure that communicates the purpose and direction of the school and a system of informed continuous professional development. Our professional staff team actively seeks to take up opportunities to further their knowledge and skills. A word about the composition of the Governing Board membership: two are Parent Governors, elected for four-year terms by all current parents at the school. The staff elects a Governor too. And, as a voluntary-aided faith school, we currently have six Foundation Governors, appointed for three years each by the Simon Marks Jewish Primary School Trust. The health and safety of our pupils and staff are of the utmost importance. In recent years we resurfaced part of the school playground to remove some hazards and to install a softer play area. We are fortunate to have two full-time security guards, Greg Guzsaly and Iulian-Mihai Mereuta, who are employed by a security company approved by the Community Security Trust. Greg and Iulian are highly valued members of our school community and ensure children enter and leave safely with a known parent or carer. The school has a detailed policy covering all matters of health and safety, available on request from the school office. Children have unique personalities and abilities. We aim to meet the school community’s educational, social, emotional, and physical needs by creating an environment that encourages everyone to achieve their full potential. In the past two years, the government has allocated funds to enhance the teaching of Physical Education and promoting healthy, active lifestyles for all children. In 2013-2014 the school invested in new wall bars and apparatus in the hall which is accessed by all pupils during their indoor PE sessions. In 2014-2015 the school invested in new playground markings which all children access at playtimes making these times more enjoyable and active. View full school